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UNITED STATES DANIEL 0. cox, or MANNSVILLE, NEW YORK.

P TENT OFFICE.

HQRSE CHECKlNG AND UNCHECKING DEVICE.

Application filed July 23,1883. N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL O. COX, a citiaccompanying drawings andletters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of my improved devices. Fig. 2 is aplanview of the wedge-shaped sliding block and parts of the harness, andFig. 3 is a plan view of the box and straps connecting it with thecrupper and collar. My invention relates to improvements in that classof inventions in which the driver checks or unchecks a horse harnessedto a vehicle without leaving his seat; and my invention-consists in thepeculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter morefully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. Referring to thedrawings, a (see Figs. 1 and 3) represents a box secured to the saddleor back-band (not shown in the drawings) by a bolt (not shown indrawings) passing through the central orifice, 1, in the box a. Thelower 0 face of the box a is provided at its opposite ends with slots bI), forming bars a c. The opening (Z in the box a is provided withaslot, e, on its upper face, at its rear end, forming a round bar, h. r

5 represents a block adapted to slide back and forth in the opening (Iin the box a, and provided with the holes 13 and 14, (see Fig. 2,)passing directly through the block 5, and stops 2' i on its oppositesides, to limit the back- 0 ward movement of theblock 5 in the opening(I of the box. The forward part of the block 5 is of sufficient widthand thickness to slide easily in the opening (I of the box a, and at ashort distance from its front end is rabbeted 4 5 on each side of thecentral projection, 5, which is beveled downwardly near its rear end,asis also the rear end of the block 5, as seen at 0,

, Fig. 1, for a purpose hereinafter explained. To the top'face of thebox a are secured, at

its middle, and opposite each other, the bearings m m of the lever 8,provided on its sides with the journals n n, journaled in the bearings mm. The forward end of the lever 8 is bifurcated, and the slot betweenthe bifurcations receives the upper end of a bolt, 9, which is pivotedto the front end of the lever 8 by a removable pin, 15. The lower end ofthe bolt 9 is beveled rearwardly, to engage with the wedge-shaped rearend,0, of the block 5 in its backward movement.

6 represents a strap split longitudinally at its middle, near its frontend, to form bifurcations, to fit in the rabbeted recesses on each sideof the central projection, 5, in the block 5. The bifurcations of thestrap 6 are secured to the block 5 by rivets u. The rear end of thestrap 6 is secured to the drivinglines 11.

7 represents a cord or strap secured at one end to the rear end of thelever 8, thence passing through the slot e and partially around theround bar 71, and the rear end of the strap or cord 7 is attached to thedriving-lines 11.

1' represents a ring passing through thehole 13 in the front end oftheblock 5.

,4 represents a check-rein, to which one end of a snap-hook is secured,the opposite end of the snap-hook being attached to the ring a".

2 represents a strap passing through the slot 1) in the rear end of thebox a and parrear end to the cruppe-r.

3 represents a strap passing through the slot 1) in the front end of thebox a and partially around the bar 0, and is secured at it front end tothe collar.

10 represents a spring secured at one end to free front end of thespring resting upon projections 1) upon opposite sides of the bolt 9.The tension of the spring is exerted downwardly to force the spring intothe opposite hole, 12, in the box a and the hole 14 in the block 5 inchecking.

By this construction it will be seen that when it is desired to uncheckthe horse it is accomplished by pulling on the strap 7, which raises thebolt 9, the spring 10 holding the bolt to its place ready to check 'thehorse, when desired,and free the block 5, and allows the horse to lowerhis head, to drink or eat,

without the driver leaving his seat in the vetially around the bar 0,and is secured at its the rear end of the top face of the box a, the

hicle. To check the horse thus unchecked, the driving-lines arestraightened up, which brings the straps 6 and 7 close to the hand ofthe driver; the strap 6 is drawn rearwardly and the horse checked, thespring 10 forcing the bolt through the hole 12 in the box and the hole14 in the central projection, 5, in the block 5.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V 1. Thecombination, with a box open at both ends and a lever journaled inbearings secured to the top face of the box, and carrying spring-pressedbolt beveled at its lower end and a strap at its rear end, for elevatingthe bolt in the box, of a block beveled at its rear end and adapted toslide in the opening in the box, and provided with a hole for the bolt,and connected at its front end with -a strap secured to thedriving-lines, whereby the block can be drawn into the box withoutoperating the lever carrying the bolt, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the box a, open at both ends, and provided withthe'holes 1 and 12, slots b b 6, bars 0 c h, and bearings m, and thelever 8, having journals n at its middle and pivoted bolt at its frontend, and having its lower end beveled, and a strap, 7, at vits rear endsecured to the-driving-lines, of the rabbeted sliding block 5, beveledat its rear end, and having holes 13 14, and stops 4', ring a",snap-hook s, check-rein 4', and strap 6, secured at its front end to theblock 5,and at its rear end to the driving-lines 11, substantially asshown and described.

3. The combination, with the block 5, beveled at its rear end, andhaving holes'13 14, and central projection, 5, beveled at its rear end,and having recesses on its opposite side, of the strap 6, split at itsforward end and secured in the recesses in the block, and having itsrear end secured to the driving-lines 11, substantially as shown anddescribed.

DANIEL O. COX.

WVitnesses O. L. BAKER,

JOHN E. J AOKSON.

